Whether or not you choose to sift flour is a deeply personal choice. Once a must-follow step in any baking recipe, these days the verdict is out as to whether it's actually necessary. And yet, the ...

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Even if a recipe doesn't state that sifting dry goods is needed, Williams says she always does it. "I don't think it hurts—it lightens the load," she says, meaning that the result will be a more cloud ...

Because I can't cite a source, or even swear that I actually did read that, take it for what it's worth, but I have been doing nothing but brushing off my flour sifter, and maybe wiping it down, for ...